Blue Moon Fiber Arts

Tina Newton was Marly’s guest today, and oh what a ball these two had today!! Tina told us her story about how she got into the fiber industry, and what aspect is her favorite (spinning) and how she got started in hand-dying her spun yarn. Blue Moon’s yarns are all hand-dyed (there are 29 different yarns, and 700 colorways…holy cow!!), and are dyed in small batches, and follow a very specific “recipe” for each, so if you see a colorway you love, make sure that you snap up a couple extra skeins!!

Some of Blue Moon’s (there are 29 different ones, we couldn’t list them all!) super yummy yarns:

Tina has a kick booty sock club, that has taken off to epic proportions, and because it’s taken off and is now so big, there are only a certain number of spots available each other. You can check out their page (here) about the Socks that Rock and Rockin’ Sock Club. Make sure your family knows to get you a membership to Rockin’ Sock Club for the holidays, they open up the registration/gift certificates then so that you can be guaranteed a spot in next year’s club!

Big time announcement, you heard it first here on YarnThing!! **Blue Moon’s yarns are coming to local yarn stores!** You’ve seen them in booths at trade shows, however, they are expanding and changing, and are going to go wholesale!

One of Marly’s favorite things obviously as a designer, is patterns. Make sure you check out Blue Moon Fiber’s pattern selection! They have quite the plethora of beautiful patterns, covering baby things, garments, socks (of course), and non-garment things. Tina has scored the cream of the crop to design for her, so make sure you check out the pattern page.

Giveaway!! Leave a comment here on the podcast notes, and use Tina’s keyword to be entered to win a skein of her super awesome fingering weight yarn, Worthy! (Who doesn’t want some silk and cashmere in their stash/wardrobe?!)

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This podcast started off soooo sad… then got much happier LOL 🙂 Tina was robbed of YEARS of yarn bliss! Glad she was able to find people that would help some poor pitiful left hander crack the code and then more than make up for it! Good for you, Tina! 🙂 Great success story! …and also very interesting to hear the production side of our beloved yarns 🙂

Got up at the crack of dawn today to hear another great episode…Why would anyone say a left hander couldn’t knit? Both my kids are left handed and I’m trying to teach them to crochet now…slow going but not impossible. Wonderful story from Tina-I have yet to experience any Blue Moon. Guess that means I have a lot to look forward to.

OMG! Really what else is there to say. I went on Blue Moon’s site, for the first time, after the podcast and it is like a kid in a candy store with all of the options and COLORS. Equating this yarn to crack doesn’t even do it justice! I am excited to hear that they will be moving into whole sale for LYS, maybe even to the east coast in PA (hint, hint, wink, wink)! Then I could get my hands on some! Thanks for another great podcast, it was really interesting to learn how the dying process works and thanks for the chance to win a skein of my own! So excited and hope I win!!!

I would dearly love to win a skein of crack worthy yarn. I always refer to my yarn stash as my “crack” since it probably costs me as much as a small drug addiction and it would be so much more complete if it had some actual crack in it. 😉

I really enjoyed the show today. I only have a few skeins of Socks that That Rock that I am saving for special socks. But this yarn is like crack because I look at it and pet it looking for the perfect project for it. I will definitely be buying more 🙂

I would love to have a crack at knitting Worthy! I love your sock yarn. Knitting friends turned me on to STR, and I knitted Cookie A’s Monkey socks in Holly Day Fingering and they are my favorites so far. It was wonderful getting to know you Marly’s podcast!

I have been waiting all week for this podcast! I really have gotten into knitting and enjoying the lovely yarns from Indi Dyers and even dyed some roving of my own to spin. Yarn has become my “crack” I try to visit my LYS once a week. It has opened a new world to me of color and another way I can tap into my creativeness. Thank you Marly Bird for having this show and having such interesting people like Blue Moon Fiber’s Tina Newton!

Only other fiber lovers can appreciate that Tina is a crack dealer. I have been hearing about socks that rock FOREVER. I am so excited that it will soon be available at LYS since to date I have not seen it in person. This was one of the best podcasts I have listened to. It was wonderful to learn about BMF. Thanks, Marly & Tina.

In our household, Socks That Rock has been known as knitter’s crack for a long time. My husband used to get nervous when I got home from work, eyes a little glassy, wanting to know if my package had arrived. That Rocking’ Sock club delivery was my “fix” in every sense of the word!

I’ve been hooked on crocheting and now moving into knitting. Yarn has become like to crack to me, once I’m done with one skein I need to get another fix and I’m always thinking about my next fix. Bluemoon fiber arts may become my crack dealer.

How on Earth could a fellow Raveler and Colorado girl not have heard of you? Shame on me, lol.
But very excited to have all the eps to keep me company! I try to not watch tv during the day and have to limit
my Ravelry time or I never get chores done, let alone yarn time and other crafts. So podcasts are the best!

I’m so thankful that I took a crack at learning to knit last year. Since then I’ve been obsessed with the fiber arts and have dabbled in dying and spinning my own yarn and fiber. I would love to try some Blue Moon Fiber Arts!!